SCREAM QUEENS

IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF THE CAMPY THRILLER ON FOX THIS SEASON, YOU ARE MISSING OUT! I TEND TO BE A SUCKER FOR ALL THINGS RYAN MURPHY. I WAS DEEPLY DEVOTED TO NIP/TUCK. GLEE GOT ME ALL IN MY FEELS FOR THE LONGEST TIME. AND AMERICAN HORROR STORY, WHILE THE SEASONS ARE HIT AND MISS FOR ME, IS A TOTAL GUILTY PLEASURE. BUT NONE OF THESE SHOWS HAS BEEN MORE EYE CANDY TO ME THAN SCREAM QUEENS.

THE SHOW IS SET AT A COLLEGE AND FOCUSES ON THE KAPPA KAPPA TAU SORORITY (KAPPA FOR SHORT, OBVI). AS SOON AS THE NEW YEAR KICKS OFF, A SERIAL KILLER COMES TO CAMPUS AND BEGINS TARGETING THE KAPPA SORORITY AND ANYONE WHO ASSOCIATES WITH THEM... WHICH IS REALLY JUST A GOLF FRATERNITY. THERE'S A GREAT, RIDICULOUS BACK STORY WHICH SERVES AS THE IMPETUOUS FOR THESE KILLINGS AND WHY KAPPA IS THE TARGET.

BEING SET ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS, FOCUSING ON A SORORITY, AND THE "MEAN GIRLS IN COLLEGE" VIBE IS TOTALLY MY JAM. ADD IN SOME WONDERFUL YOUNG ACTORS AND THE BEST DIALOGUE AROUND AND YOU HAVE A HIT IN MY BOOK. THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED LIKE: "WHO IS THE RED DEVIL?" "WHO IS THE BABY?" "WHY IS CHANEL #5 SO HATED?" I JUST KNOW BEFORE IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE THERE IS GOING TO BE THE BEST PLOT TWIST THAT RYAN MURPHY'S SICK HEAD HAS EVER THOUGHT UP. AND I AM HERE. FOR. IT.

DON'T GET ME WRONG. THIS SHOW ISN'T PERFECT. IT PORTRAYS SORORITIES IN STEREOTYPES WE'VE TRIED TO DISASSOCIATE OURSELVES FROM FOR YEARS. THE LEADERS OF THE SORORITY ARE SHALLOW. THERE IS HAZING. THE GIRLS ARE MEAN TO EACH OTHER. THEY'RE NOT INCLUSIVE IN THE LEAST, UNTIL THEY ARE FORCED TO BE. THE SORORITY HAS A TERRIBLE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION. OVERALL, THE SORORITY LEADERS ARE JUST TERRIBLE PEOPLE.

BUT THE COMEDY COMES FROM JUST HOW TERRIBLE THEY ARE. SEEING HOW THE WORLD VIEWS SORORITIES ON SCREEN IS HILARIOUS TO ME BECAUSE IT IS SO RIDICULOUS. RYAN MURPHY AND CREW HAS ESSENTIALLY TAKEN EVERY HORRIBLE STEREOTYPE AND PUT IT ON THE SCREEN TO FORCE US TO SEE HOW OUTLANDISH THESE THOUGHTS ARE. IF PEOPLE REALLY THINK THIS IS HOW WE TREAT EACH OTHER, THEN I UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYONE THINKS WE'RE SO BAD. 

I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE SHOW, ESPECIALLY ANY THOUGHTS THAT DIFFER FROM MY OWN!

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DON'T CALL IT A COME BACK

HEY THERE STRANGER! I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. BLOGGING GETS OVERWHELMING. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT GO INTO IT. IT'S EASILY LEARNED THAT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY SORT OF SUCCESS YOU MUST HAVE WONDERFULLY CURATED, PINTEREST-WORTHY PICTURES AND GRAPHICS. YOU MUST POST AT LEAST ONCE A DAY TO STAY RELEVANT. YOU MUST ALWAYS HAVE NEW, INSPIRATIONAL CONTENT.

FOR ME, IT BECAME SO MUCH OF A HASSLE.

OUTSIDE OF THE BLOG, I HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB, FRIENDS, FAMILY, A LIFE. I DIDN'T WANT TO SLACK OFF ON ANY ONE PART OF MY LIFE (INCLUDING THE BLOG) SO MY SOLUTION WAS TO TAKE A BREAK FROM THE BLOG. WELL, THAT BREAK TURNED OUT TO BE OVER A YEAR LONG. HA!

A LOT HAS HAPPENED IN THAT YEAR'S TIME, AND I FIND MYSELF MISSING THIS LITTLE CONNECTOR MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY. I DOUBT THERE WILL BE PICTURES. I CAN'T PROMISE THAT I WILL POST EVERY DAY, BUT I WILL PROMISE TO POST WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT. I ALSO PROMISE TO POST FUN AND INTERESTING LINKS TO ARTICLES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO YOU AS YOUNG ADULTS. I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD TODAY, WHETHER THAT HAS TO DO WITH YOUR SORORITY EXPERIENCE, COLLEGE, OR LIFE.

I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK AND I HOPE YOU'RE HERE FOR THE TIME BEING. AS ALWAYS, IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, LET ME KNOW!!

-JEN